During his years at Newcastle, the club he joined after completing his education in the North of England, it frequently seemed as though he and he alone was loading the bullets for Jonny Wilkinson, Toby Flood, Jamie Noon, Mathew Tait and Tom May to fire.

There have been three try hat-tricks in the series, each scored by England threequarters. Cyril Lowe's at Inverleith in 1914 helped England lift the Triple Crown while John Carleton's tries at Murrayfield in 1980 carried his side to the Grand Slam. ...

With Leeds Carnegie relegated to the Championship at the end of last season, Newcastle and Stockport-based Sale Sharks are the top flight's only northern teams. Continue reading the main story Jonny Wilkinson (Toulon) Toby Flood (Leicester) Jamie Noon...

It's not asking much. Or is it? Centre Stage: The post-Greenwood era There have been 14 people who have played at inside centre for England since Will Greenwood made his last Test start in 2004. They are: Mike Catt (10 caps post-Greenwood at inside...

DURING the dark days of Ruddockgate in early 2006, the phrase player-power became something of a spectre hovering grimly over the Wales squad. Specific details were glossed over, minds were made up, and the consensus emerged that Mike Ruddock’s shock dep